Switchboard

Name: Switchboard

Description: She is small and a bit tom-boyish. She wears a sort of costume which is based on overalls and a bandanna. She has bulky gloves and a heavy iron bar. When she is in her bunker and “plugged in” she wears a clear plastic face-shield which wires attached to it. These wires also attach to her heavy iron bar. She has short hair and freckles.

Personality: Switchboard’s fiercely positive attitude is built on her belief that most of the rest of the world is populated with suckers and phonies. This, and her tendency to overload on media input, makes her prone to slip into short bouts of depression. When she is on top, though, she is sarcastic, impatient, and believes she has a good sense of humor.

Role: In Rapid City, Switchboard is the character who coordinates the heroing that others are already doing. She is not a leader or a decision maker. She simply allows those who are already out there doing it, to do it more effectively. As a metaphor, the character represents networking, marketing, and the effective application of technology.

Notes:

“You want me to go first? Ok. My name is Switchboard. I grew up around all of this superhero stuff my whole life. All of that “cape and glory” shit, I never saw that. I saw my dad’s friends with their masks off making racist jokes and talking about what villains they would do. So I never had that “ideal”, you know? I remember I was shocked when I figured out that other people actually looked up to these guys. They meant it when they called them “heroes”. I was so disappointed.
You know, it was the first time I realized that most people are pretty stupid. That’s a hard thing for a twelve year old to deal with. I was a pretty moody teenager.”